To determine which towns made up this list, Zillow.com analyzed data for towns with populations over 10,000 where the median home value is over a million, and where they saw the biggest increase in percentage of total home sales.
Here are some of the nation's priciest communities that are still open to those with deep enough coffers:
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Median home value: $1,059,596
Increase of total home sales: 156%
Population: 15,651
The city of Rye, N.Y. -- not to be confused with Rye Town, N.Y., which actually has a larger population than Rye, the city -- was settled in 1660 following a treaty with the Mohegan Indians. Due to its location 25 miles from New York City, it's now a suburban bedroom community for commuters. Rye was named by Coldwell Banker as the third most expensive place in the U.S. to buy a home in 2010.
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Median home value: $1,371,172
Increase of total home sales: 116%
Population: 13,771
Dating only back to just 1939, it's still the oldest of the four cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, and was designed by the Olmstead Brothers (sons of the Central Park mastermind), with 28% purposely reserved as open space. Palos Verdes Estates is known as one of the priciest places to buy a home in Southern California, with 14% of the male population comprised of top executives.
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Median home value: $1,069,506
Increase of total home sales: 111%
Population: 62,077
Greenwich, one of Connecticut's wealthiest towns, is an easy commute to New York, with a 40-50 minute train ride to the city on Metro North, but there are also numerous investment firms right in town. To that point, 24% of the town's males work in finance and insurance, whereas the top industries for women are educational, professional, scientific and technical services.
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Median home value: $1,144,858
Increase of total home sales: 106%
Population: 17,969
Founded in 1701, Scarsdale is known today as an upscale suburban community to New York City with a charming Tudor downtown village. Doctors, lawyers, and Wall Street professionals in investment and finance are heavily represented in the local workforce.
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Median home value: $1,014,899
Increase of total home sales: 85%
Population: 16,354
An unincorporated community in the San Francisco Bay Area, Alamo had a post-war population boom, but retained its character with help from the Alamo Improvement Association. Now 50, the AIA has endeavored to preserve Alamo's identity as a semi-rural, low-density residential area, one where the next-door neighbors probably won't be too close and they could include horses.
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Median home value: $1,080,330
Increase of total home sales: 76%
Population: 20,400
One of the big three of Connecticut's wealthiest communities, Darien's denizens commute to Stamford and other local points or New York City (some via two Metro North stops). Its population began rising when it became a Gold Coast summer resort town for well-to-do New Yorkers following the Civil War, eventually transitioning to the year-round residential town it is today.
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Median home value: $1,884,079
Increase of total home sales: 35%
Population: 35,229
Most people are probably aware that Beverly Hills has a rich resident or two, so how about some fun facts? According to the city's website, "The City of Beverly Hills' operating budget of more than $300 million is comparable to the Gross National Product of the British Virgin Islands." This works out to $8,576 per resident.
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Median home value: $1,051,547
Increase of total home sales: 65%
Population: 19,939
New Canaan is another of the top three wealthiest towns in Connecticut, with 30% of its male residents working in finance and insurance. Two Metro North stations serve commuters making the hour-long trip to New York. The area was primarily agricultural until the Revolutionary War, after which the shoemaking industry took over. Like Darien, New Canaan first attracted New Yorkers as a place to summer, and eventually became a year-round place to live.
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Median home value: $1,089,268
Increase of total home sales: 56%
Population: 10,837
It started out with just seven houses in the 1880s, but by the 1920s this residential town surrounded by Oakland was known as the "City of Millionaires," with a higher concentration of them than anywhere else in America. Judging by its place on the list, it isn't lacking in millionaires today, either.
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Median home value: $1,429,665
Increase of total home sales: 48%
Population: 30,641
At the base of the Santa Cruz mountains in the Silicon Valley, this one-time frontier town turned resort town is now a semi-rural residential community with high-end boutiques, eateries, and wineries. It's a peaceful bedroom community for well-heeled Silicon Valley professionals.
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